Kenneth Branagh returns to Shakespeare with a performance of “Macbeth” in the cavernous Park Avenue Armory next June.

Branagh gave well-received performances in the title role of the Scottish Play at the Manchester International Festival in July. He has committed several of the Bard’s works to film as actor and director, including “Hamlet,” “Henry V” and “Othello.” “Macbeth” marks his New York stage debut.

He will co-direct “Macbeth” with Rob Ashford, who recently directed Broadway’s “Evita,” with Alex Kingston as Lady Macbeth. Kingston, who has appeared on TV’s “Doctor Who” and “ER,” is also new to the New York stage.

The production will be the third major “Macbeth” in the city in the span of a year. Last season, Alan Cumming gave a nearly one-man performance of the whole show, and Ethan Hawke is slated to take on the tragedy on Broadway this fall directed by Jack O’Brien.

The raw, flexible, 55,000 square foot space of the Armory’s Wade Thompson Drill Hall was home to the Royal Shakespeare Company for five productions in 2011.